Ricky Cockerill

Ricky Cockerill (born 26 October 1978) is a New Zealand former competitive figure skater. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and competed in the free skate at five Four Continents Championships.

Ricky Cockerill
Personal information
Full nameRicky Cockerill
Country represented New Zealand
Born (1978-10-26) October 26, 1978
Dunedin
Home townAuckland
Height170 cm (5.6 ft)
Former coachViacheslav Kuznetsov
Andrei Pachin
Galina Pachin
Gordon Rushton
Skating clubDunedin Ice Skating Club
Retired2005

Life and career

Cockerill was born on 26 October 1978 in Dunedin, New Zealand,[1] and was educated at Otago Boys' High School.

Cockerill trained as a figure skater in Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; and Moscow, Russia. He represented New Zealand in a number of international competitions including three world championships and five Four Continents Championships. He is the first, and to this day the only New Zealand figure skater to complete all triple jumps as well as triple-triple combinations.

After retiring from sport in 2005, Cockerill completed an economics degree at Auckland University of Technology and moved to London to pursue a career in finance. There he began his career with Barclays Bank PLC and worked for three years in the corporate banking division at Barclays' head office in Canary Wharf. In 2010, he moved to Moscow to work for Barclays Russia.

Cockerill moved back to New Zealand in 2014 together with his wife. He now works as a business broker in Dunedin and helps his wife to run a new dance studio. He is a happy father of 2 girls.

Sporting results
International[1]
Event 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05
Worlds39th41st40th
Four Continents14th17th18th16th12th
Golden Spin13th13th18th24th
Piruetten10th
National[1]
New Zealand Champ.1st1st1st1st1st1st1st

References
  1. "Ricky COCKERILL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.


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